Performance Comparison of Spot-Welded, Adhesive Bonded, and Self-Piercing Riveted Aluminum Joints

ASM Proceedings of the International Conference: Trends in Welding Research

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 910-915

  Miller, K W ^a   Chao, Y J ^a   Wang, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM JOINTS; LAP-SHEAR JOINTS; SELF-PIERCING RIVETS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BONDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); IMPACT TESTING; RIVETING; SPOT WELDING; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

ADHESIVE JOINTS;

EID: 1442282363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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5. Y. J. Chao, K. W. Miller, and X. Qi, Unpublished work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (1997)